Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions prior to 0.47.3, kitty's OSC 21 (color-control) query reply reflects attacker-controlled bytes, including newlines, into the shell's input without sanitization. Version 0.47.3 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-54057
This high-severity CVE scores 7.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 94% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 6.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 12, 2026
Last Modified
June 16, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jun 12, 2026Command injection via unsanitized OSC 21 query reply · Advisory · kovidgoyal/kitty · GitHub
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-5gmr-9gwg-hhq6Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-17 03:13 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.50
- 2026-06-16 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-16 15:47 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.8
- 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-12 22:14 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-12 22:13 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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